Megabloom

Megablooms are the conjoined twins of the tomato world. I have them on at least seven of my plants. No one seems to know why they happen. But I found another blogger who suddenly had a glut of them after rarely having any before. Maybe it was the early disease and malnutrition that my plants encountered. This image is of my biggest megabloom, on a Brandywine Pink Tomato. I think it was a fusion of at least five blooms.

Unfortunately, "too-big-to-fail" isn't a law in the realm of the tomato. A week later, the bloom is shutting down -- without having set fruit. I think that the bloom was just too crowded and gnarled for the pollination to happen.

I think my squash might be gay. All the flowers are male. I'm kind of proud of them. I hope it's not just a phase.

The peas, however, are breeding like rabbits.

The beans have gotten to the top of the tower. And they're blooming. They look gay. But that's probably just because I planted pink ones. They're bound to disappoint me.

The Uchuva is setting fruit, too.

As are my tomatoes. This variety is supposed to be ripe by the 4th of July. Lies!

My kale is getting a little long-in-the-tooth. They look more like Palm Trees.

Rabbits continue to confound my fencing. I will have to get yet another layer of chicken wire very soon. Every day one has gotten into the garden. It's really traumatic for them becuase I chase them around, and they can't find their hole to get out. The run the full length of the garden and leap, hurling themselves against the fence and bouncing back in. They seem determined to eat one particular cauliflower. I've got to rabbit proof better before they get eyes for my strawberry plants.